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BROOCH
Unique ID: LVPL76
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Moulded decoration on bow of three ribs, the outer two being knurled. The leg is plain and ends in small foot knob. Oval appendage on each side of the head is typical of the Polden Hill type. Semi-cylindrical plain wings with round lugs at each end. Chord held by the 'dolphin' type rearward claw. Damaged catchplate extends from foot to bow. Pin missing.
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Class:
Colchester derivative, Polden Hill
Sub class: Mackreth (2011) CD PH 4.d Plate 47
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 1998
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: CHESHIRE MIDDLEWICH
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 1987 | Brooches of Antiquity: a third selection of brooches from the author's collection | Oxford | Oxbow Books | fig. 34 | cf. No. 900 |
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